Car Show & Cruise Guide

Howdy Y’all…

Welcome to the first issue of the Car Show and Cruise Guide under ownership of the Custom and Classic Car Educational Foundation.

This is a very exciting time for us and I hope you, our readers will reap the benefits. You will not see any major changes; however the changes that do come will be thoughtful and done with you, the reader in mind.

Just after the first of the year we published a survey, through Facebook, that asked some general questions regarding your satisfaction with this publication.

This survey turned out to be immensely popular, as it reached its limits in terms of total responses allowed in less than 24 hours.

The results can be seen on below. (click to see a larger image)

As you can see, the survey shows the greatest majority of folks are satisfied with how the magazine operates.

We will still continue to make gradual changes that will provide a more rewarding reading experience for you.

Now, onto some business; At the East Coast Indoor Nationals, we donated a brand new tire changing machine and electronic balancer to the good folks at the Classic Motor Museum in Saint Michael’s Maryland.

Also, one of our valued volunteers, Thom Lombardi, donated a working vintage Sun Tuneup console.

These pieces of equipment will be used in the museum’s educational annex on Main Street. While at the ECIN we found out that our friends with Hot Rodders of Tomorrow at York Tech were headed to Indianapolis to compete for the national title.

We decided to donate $500 to help offset their travel expenses.

Andy Goodman, the producer of the ECINs stepped up and matched our donation.

By the way, those great students went on to take the championship. With 3 squads competing, they took 1st, 5th and 13th out of 26 teams competing. Well done, guys and girls!!!

Shortly after this magazine hits the streets, we will be seeing many of you at our annual All Clubs Breakfast.

There, representatives from area clubs and civic organizations present plans for their upcoming events for the upcoming rodding season.

We also get a legislative update from one of our states delegates.

If you’re not planning on being there this year, consider keeping an eye out for it for next year. We look forward to growing with you during this new period in the CCCEF’s history!

See you on the return road,
~Doug

Cruise Guide to Change Ownership

This is my last column as owner of this publication…

It’s time for a new chapter for the Car Show & Cruise Guide.

It’s really all good news folks, please read on… As most of you know since the Covid days, I had my share of struggles in my publishing business. The expenses for this publication have gone way up to a point that there is nothing left for me after paying the bills. With everyone asking me to keep this going through the years, I hated to end it now. So I decided to just do a virtual publication where people could read it online and find out what’s going on. Fortunately, those plans changed when a good-friend intervened.

I recently met with Doug Wood, the President of the Foundation, to share the news. Since his group has been helping out through the past few years, we decided to just transfer the Cruise Guide ownership over to the Custom & Classic Car Educational Foundation.

The magazine will now be around for several more years!

As a non-profit, the group should be able to reduce some costs and make some money for its important mission’s goals. So the next chapter of the Car Show & Cruise Guide begins in January.

My role will change from publisher to production manager. Most of my responsibilities will remain the same except for the financial parts. New and exciting features should be introduced as we move forward!

I want to thank all my loyal advertisers and readers who have helped make this local car show publication so valuable to the community. We’ve been proud to provide a service which nobody else offers; many even call it their “Car Show Bible”! We have printed our physical publication for our 15,000 readers, and updated our web- site weekly during the show-season, which serves almost 100,000 visitors. On the site you can find online-only magazines with thousands of additional photos from the shows. We have 25,000 fans of our two Facebook groups, featuring additional show information.

Here are a couple of things you can do to keep your favorite publication coming: Buy your goods and services from our great advertisers.

Let them know you appreciate them providing this free resource.

Support the Custom & Classic Car Educational Foundation with your end-of-the-year donations.

And maybe even join them as a member, and help to Save the Hobby.

Here’s to the next chapter of the publication, see you in 2026!
~Dave

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We now will feature a link to neighboring Car Clubs and their activities.